From 10 to 13 September 2009 a FIDE Arbiters' Seminar was organized in Dhaka, Bangladesh, by the Bangladesh Chess Federation, under the auspices of the Asian Chess Federation and FIDE. The Lecturer was IA Casto Abundo (PHI), Deputy President of the Asian Chess Federation and Assistant was IA Haroon or Rashid.25 men and women participated in the Seminar and 18 in the examination test that was held after the end of the lectures.The following six (6) succeeded in the test and will be awarded one norm for the title of FIDE Arbiter, after the approval of the next FIDE Congress: